Billy Gardell Gave Us an Exclusive Set Tour at Mike & Molly, Which Was the Old Friends Stage! Come Take a Look!

Even though we don't discuss *Mike & Molly *here at Glamour as much as we gush about Nick and Jess on New Girl or Deacon and Rayna on Nashville, I watch the show religiously. Sure, there's no question about whether Mike and Molly will ever get together, or juicy industry politics, but it's got one of the best casts in television, hilarious writing, and as cutesy as it might sound—it's completely and totally heartfelt.

Last year, the cast endeared themselves to my family forever when they (Billy Gardell specifically) invited my parents to the set for a personal tour. They flew out from St. Louis and even got to do my job on the red carpet when the show was honored at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, but the set visit sadly didn't happen when Melissa McCarthy came down with a serious case of laryngitis and the audience taping was canceled.

Fast-forward a year, and Billy (and the rest of the cast, as well as the great folks at Warner Bros. TV Publicity) hosted my parents again and gave them a tour that they'll never forget. It doesn't get any classier than that.

"The diner is gone this week because we had to build that house. They built the house just for this one episode. The construction team is amazing. They come in here just as we are leaving around 11 P.M. and work till 8 tomorrow morning."

Meanwhile, after talking to Billy about a typical workweek, I think I want his schedule. Check this out: "Shooting on Wednesdays works out great for us. I love it. Some days we will do a table read on Thursdays or Friday, that takes about an hour, and then do a rehearsal, which is about four or five hours. Then Friday night, we'll get a script that has some adjustments in it, and then we get our weekend, which is great. On Monday, we'll do the network run-through. Then we'll get a different script and some adjustments from that one. And then we'll shoot stuff that would take too long to do during the live taping. Like if the dog is here, or if we have kids on set. We'll do that on Tuesday. That's like 10 A.M. to 7 P.M. Wednesday we come in around noon, and we'll do one more run-through for our creator, Mark Roberts. He'll tweak a few things, then we'll have a two-hour break, and then at 6:30, it's live. It's awesome. It's really awesome." Well, it also helps that they are such amazing actors.

I also caught up with fellow St. Louisan Cleo King, who plays Nana. She is seriously such a doll. So what's on tap for her summer until season four gets under way? "Traveling! I'm going to Hawaii. We just adopted a little four-year-old boy. He's been home for six months, and he's getting ready to turn five. He's the most beautiful little spirit. We adopted him from California. I knew that being a mommy was a lifelong dream, but it's better than I ever imagined. He's just a blessing, a gift, and a dream. He's very jealous of me and Reno's relationship. He says, 'Mom, that's just make believe, right? He's not your real grandson?' [Laughs]

Meanwhile, check out our new family photo. The Radloffs with Reno Wilson (Carl), Nyambi Nyambi (Samuel), and one of Reno's friends.

An all-new episode (the one we attended!) titled "Molly's Out of Town" airs tonight, and, boy, it's a good one. Mike goes on a junk-food binge to cope with an out-of-town Molly, while Carl contemplates leaving Chicago after learning heartbreaking news from James. The awesome folks at Warner Bros. even sent us an exclusive clip: